Philadelphia Anxiety therapy using DBT You’re anxious all. the. time. You’re tired of the mood swings, panic attacks, racing thoughts, and constant worrying. You’re depressed from all of your stress and anxiety. You’ve been so irritable, that you’ve lashed out on others more times than you’d like to admit. Your body aches almost all the time like you’ve been doing constant CrossFit workouts, and yet you can’t even motivate yourself to go to the gym at all. You wake up feeling on edge and go to bed feeling the same. You’ve been so anxious that you’ve considered ending it all.   You’re con ..read more

DBT Takes How Long?!? Why does it take so long? You’ve been operating the same way for years. The endless cycle of intense emotional pain; impulsive, destructive behavior; and countless relationships that have left you feeling rejected and abandoned. You’re miserable, tired, and want to give up. You wonder if you’re destined to be ashamed and doomed the rest of your life. You’re so tired. You’re so tired of feeling so alone. So tired of feeling embarrassed. So tired of the shame. So tired of experiencing emotional pain. So tired of living in your own personal hell. If there’s one thing you do ..read more

Philadelphia DBT Can Be Expensive. Is It Worth It? If you’ve been told that you need Dialectical Behavior Therapy, chances are it’s because you’ve been struggling for a long time. Your intense and painful emotions often cause you to do things you later regret and your life has undoubtedly been rough. Perhaps you tried therapy in the past, going twice a month and genuinely liking your therapist. Initially, you seemed to feel better, and showing up and talking made a difference. However, as time went on, you realized that the progress you made didn’t stick. Old patterns of behavior came back, l ..read more

BPD & the role of self-harm You told yourself you wouldn’t do it again, and yet here you are, sitting on the floor, face streaked with dried tears, and looking down at your seeping wound again. It’s so hard for people to get it; to wrap their brains around why you’d deliberately hurt yourself; to run that blade along your body, resulting in a bloody mess. But that immediate relief you feel, even if for only a second, seems to be what brings you back to it again and again. If you are honest, you don’t know why you do it either. You don’t want to do it. You really don’t. But, when you’re fa ..read more

DBT is More Than Skills Training Chances are that if you’ve struggled with immensely painful emotions, engaged in destructive behavior, and continually experienced difficult relationships, you’ve come across Dialectical Behavior Therapy. When you’re unable to regulate your emotions, keep relationships, and continue to make your problems worse, it can feel like there’s no end to your suffering. You’ve tried it all and despite this, nothing seems to help you. It seems like no matter what you do, you keep repeating the same out-of-control patterns and the pain just continues, leaving you feeling ..read more

Philadelphia DBT Therapist Explains: Borderline Personality Disorder & Lying You’ve been called manipulative so many times that you’ve lost count. You’re not trying to be deceitful and yet, time and time again, you’ve been accused of lying. You’re not trying to lie, really, you’re not. People with BPD are compared to narcissists everywhere you look. They say that those with BPD are uncaring, selfish, and incapable of love. It’s so hard for you to wrap your head around this. The very idea that you only care about yourself feels so ridiculous; so absurd. If people only knew that the opposite ..read more

Philadelphia Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Examining Invalidation Why am I like this? The Role of An Invalidating Environment On High Emotional Sensitivity and Impulsivity in Borderline Personality Disorder You realized that you should know not to count on your sister for support or anyone else for that matter. No one seems to get it. Will no one ever get it; Get how emotionally painful shit is to you?   You and your boyfriend broke up again, and this time, you think is final. It’s over. You don’t even know how the fight escalated that far. You and your beau planned for a romantic evenin ..read more

Philadelphia DBT Therapy: Why am I like this? Why do things bother me so much? Understanding High Emotional Sensitivity Ever since you can remember, you’ve been labeled as “too sensitive”. Your feelings get hurt easily. You may “overthink” things at nauseum. You feel things deeply , more so than other people. When you feel emotional pain, you may literally hurt physically. The problem isn’t with the “good”, positive emotions, like when you’re in love, or when laughing so hard with your friends. The problem becomes when you’re experiencing emotional pain. It’s like, holy shit, this emotion hurt ..read more

DBT Therapy in Philadelphia- Are you an independence junkie? For as long as you can remember, you’ve struggled in relationships. You’ve learned from an early age that you can’t rely on others for anything. In fact, you’ve learned this very lesson from your family. You can remember being on your school’s soccer team and having a fundraiser for new uniforms. When you asked your mom to help out, she initially complained, but ultimately, she agreed to help staff the fundraising table during an upcoming event. Since she never volunteered before, you felt ecstatic. By her agreeing to help out, you f ..read more

Comprehensive DBT in Philadelphia— The Deets What does comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy look like? You’ve been struggling for a long time. You’re tired of your emotional reactivity and how it only causes relationship problems. You’re ashamed of the times you’ve acted crazy and wish you knew how to control your anger so it wouldn’t take over. Maybe you’ve been in therapy or counseling before, but you never felt lasting effects or made the long-term changes you had hoped for. While you believe that talking with a therapist can be helpful, you can’t help but wonder why things haven’t w ..read more